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Sherman (search for this): article 1
The movement on Mobile. An official dispatch was yesterday received at the War Department from Mobile, stating that the Yankees had reached Quitman, Miss., on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, at which point they destroyed some of the trestle work of the road. The force that accomplished this is presumed, of course, to be a detachment of Sherman's army.
Quitman (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 1
The movement on Mobile. An official dispatch was yesterday received at the War Department from Mobile, stating that the Yankees had reached Quitman, Miss., on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, at which point they destroyed some of the trestle work of the road. The force that accomplished this is presumed, of course, to be a detachment of Sherman's army.
February 15th (search for this): article 1
Chattanooga says that Gen. Thomas army is now in motion for Tunnel Hill and Dalton. All these reports indicate a grand combination of movements, having in view the occasion of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The Chicago Times says Grant is advancing on Montgomery, Ala. The escape of Col. Straight--his arrival with other prisoner, at Fortress Monroe. The following official dispatch announces the whereabouts of Streight and seventeen, of his comrades: Fortress Monroe, Monday, Feb. 15. I have received a telegram under date of February 14, from Gen. Wistar, which states that Col. Streight, with one hundred and ten other Union officers, escaped from prison in Richmond by digging a tunnel. Col. Streight, with seventeen others, are safe. Benjamin F. Buttler, Major General Commanding. Another dispatch says: The following list of officers is reported to have arrived at Williamsburg: Col. Streight; Col. we Creary, 21st Michigan Lieut.-Col. Hobart,
Benjamin (search for this): article 1
habitants which may east their suffrages for the President, and so in the capacity of a State, according to the new order of things, help to elect him for another term. A report was received here that a British ship of war, the Petrel, had arrived off Charleston four days since, and that the commandant asked permission to sad to the city with messages for the British Consul at Savannah. It subsequently transpired that she was the bearer of dispatches to the rebel Government, through Mr. Benjamin. Admiral Dahlgren, however, refused the vessel permission to enter the harbor, and the commandant left in high dudgeon. Gold still advancing — it Touches 161. The New York Times, of Tuesday, says: There was increased speculation on the Stock Exchange yesterday the market for money easy. The continued heavy demand for gold to pay customs and the short deliveries among and between the speculators in the gold room on William street advanced the price to over 160 per cent. The
1812 AD (search for this): article 1
n., to prevent the payment of the two thousand seven hundred dollars incurred in billing the quotes also to prevent the holding of any more town meeting to appropriate money for volunteers. The Injunction, it is declared, was signed by men of all parties. Gen. Butler has ordered that all estates in his department abandoned or now occupied by rebels shall be turned over by the military commanders, to be taken possession of by the Superintendent of negro affairs or treasury agents. Commodore Wm. J. McCluney, U. S. N. died on the 11th inst. He was in the wasp in the fight with the british sloop Frolic in 1812. Gen. Grant has written to some friends in New York peremptorily declining to be a candidate for the Presidency. Sir. Wm. Atherton, Attorney General of England, who prosecuted in the Alexandra case, is dead'. Beast Butler is in New York to attend the funeral of his brother, Col. Butler. Geo. Thompson, the English Abolitionist, has arrived to Boston.
Seymour (search for this): article 1
nts which could be spared in the department were noticed to be in readiness; and on the 4th inst., the military quarters presented the scenes of preparation which precede battle.--They were ordered to leave the next day for a destination unknown to them. When the morning came, nearly eleven thousand troops. Including some batteries, embarked on the steamers; and the living military burden on the waters presented a scene of martial activity to which Hilton Head has long been a stranger. Gen. Seymour was in command; and before the expedition salted he had a lengthy audience with General Climore. It was intended for Florida, to co-operate with our forces in st. Augustine, and to capture the connective towns in that region. I subsequently ascertained that the expedition continued on its journey for three days without being intercepted by any obstacles, and that the troops were landed off Jacksonville. Some scattered rebels fired a few shots from the bluffs on the coast, and at the ap
Dahlgren (search for this): article 1
da. The Hilton Head correspondent of the N. Y. World, writing on the 9th inst., says that the seat of war has been removed from South Carolina to Florida. Admiral Dahlgren has gone to Jacksonville, Florida. The letter says: All the effective regiments which could be spared in the department were noticed to be in readinesastily fled, crowing the expedition with a bloodless victory. Not bloodless, however, for I have heard that one officer was slightly wounded by a stray shot Admiral Dahlgren, with his new flagship, the Pawnee, and the other war vessels, left for Jacksonville to aid the expedition. The brief history of the expedition, which Imessages for the British Consul at Savannah. It subsequently transpired that she was the bearer of dispatches to the rebel Government, through Mr. Benjamin. Admiral Dahlgren, however, refused the vessel permission to enter the harbor, and the commandant left in high dudgeon. Gold still advancing — it Touches 161. The New
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nst Richmond, was that "negotiations for the exchange of prisoners had failed, and information had reached him that within a week all the prisoners in Richmond were to be removed to Danville, Ga. Once taken so far within the rebel lines, and their condition will be more hopeless than ever. To rescue them while it was yet possible was General Butler's prupose." The Yankee force removed from South Carolina to Florida. The Hilton Head correspondent of the N. Y. World, writing on the 9th inst., says that the seat of war has been removed from South Carolina to Florida. Admiral Dahlgren has gone to Jacksonville, Florida. The letter says: All the effective regiments which could be spared in the department were noticed to be in readiness; and on the 4th inst., the military quarters presented the scenes of preparation which precede battle.--They were ordered to leave the next day for a destination unknown to them. When the morning came, nearly eleven thousand troops. Includi
West (search for this): article 1
bove 161 per cent at the close of the deliveries of the day. The prices then fell off to 160¾ per cent. The Railroad Raid near Harper's Ferry. The Baltimore American, of Saturday, has the following notice of the capture of a railroad train near Harper's Ferry, by Cimer's cavalry. It says: The train which left Baltimore at six o'clock on Thursday evening reached Harper's Ferry about 11 o'clock, and moved on towards Martinsburg, having on board a goodly number of passengers bound West. When at Kearneysville, about nine miles beyond Harper's Ferry and ten miles this side of Martinsburg, the train encountered a pile of rails on the back, and the locomotive was thrown off, but going at a slow speed, no damage was done. As soon as the train was stopped a crowd of armed rebels, about forty in number, surrounded it and took possession of the passenger cars. They then went round and searched and robbed each passenger, commanding each to "stand and deliver" their watches,
House (search for this): article 1
Even their pocket-knives and toothpicks did not escape the plunderers. Those who did the robbing were accompanied by pistol- holders, who thrust the muzzles under the noses of the victims whilst they were being plundered. They did not touch the engage train or Adams Express car, and when they had finished their work with the passengers, mounted their horses and left. The locomotive was soon put upon the track and proceeded on to Cumberland. Miscellaneous. The Yankee Senate and House are at a dead lock on the Enrollment Bill. It hasn't passed yet. A letter from New York says: A pretty revelation was made in the Assembly chamber last evening, in the course of an exciting debate on the Metropolitan Police bill. The Democrats got into a fight among themselves in the course of which it came out that Mayor Gunther is at the head of an extensive peace organization which has its secret mountings periodically in the city of New York. One of these meetings, it was further
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